BoSox batter Yanks, seek sweep

Saturday

BOSTON — Jackie Bradley Jr. and Mookie Betts had three RBIs apiece, David Ortiz homered again and the Boston Red Sox blanked the New York Yankees 8-0 on Saturday night.

The Red Sox will look to sweep the three-game series Sunday night when David Price pitches for Boston in his first regular-season taste of the longtime rivalry.

Rick Porcello (5-0) had six strikeouts and gave up five hits in seven innings to tie for the major league lead in wins.

Porcello has pitched at least six innings in each of his last 13 starts since coming off the disabled list last August. That is the longest such streak of his career and the longest active streak in the majors.

The Yankees managed five hits. Michael Pineda (1-3) took the loss, allowing two runs and five hits in five innings.

New York has lost four straight and 12 of 16. In their last four losses the Yankees have been outscored 25-5.

Boston entered the night leading the American League with 5.13 runs per game. The Red Sox bats didn't show any signs of slowing down.

Pineda had won his previous three starts at Fenway Park, giving up just one earned run in each victory.

That changed in the second inning when Betts dropped in a little flare down the right-field line, scoring Christian Vasquez and Bradley.

They were the only runs Pineda gave up before getting pulled. Chasen Shreve, who entered in the sixth, was responsible for Boston's two runs in that inning.

Ortiz added the fifth home run of his farewell season — and second in two nights against the Yankees — in the seventh, taking Johnny Barbato's 2-1 fastball over the right-field fence.

The loss marked the Yankees' second four-game losing streak this season.

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